Papers Of The Peabody Museum Of Archaeology And Ethnology Harvard University

Author : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Publisher : New York: Kraus Reprint
ISBN 13 : 9781130179651
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University written by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and published by New York: Kraus Reprint. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...but at present no one seems to know the symbolism. They say they have always used these forms. Similar designs are used in making their bead necklaces, in painting their cushmas, and in decorating their paddles, tobacco pipes, etc. The rough pottery is used for ordinary cooking purposes; the small bowls, for dipping food and drink from the larger pots; the larger bowls, for passing drink to guests; the larger jars with short necks, for carrying and storing water; and the largest of all are made primarily to hold the intoxicating drink used at the puberty ceremony for girls, and later used for storage purposes. The largest of these chicha jars so far reported is one in the University Museum, Philadelphia, collected by the author in 1914, which is four feet two inches across, and three feet high. Grammar. The plural is formed by adding ' bu ' to the singular: dog, otciti; dogs, otcitibu; parrot, wawa; parrots, wawabu. The masculine adds 'embu' to the singular or plural, and the feminine adds'aibu'; dog, otciti; dog, m., otcitembu; dog, /., otcitaibu. The conjugation of four verbs, be, speak, live, and bring, follows: Singular 1 iadiki 2 suaikimi'iki 3 hariki PRESENT Plural nowariki matoi'iki haboriki TO BE, UNANKU Singular 1 buenduraku 2 miaraibirei 3 haraki IMPERFECT Plural kaurakatiriki matokimimoabukanai'i rambakandosiwa Singular 1 katanki 2 minkikatana 3 karaka Plural nuarakatinki matokibotakatankenda burakanki TO SPEAK, YOYOIKE Singular 1 uriyoyoikai 2 miasayoyoiwe 3 owariyoyoikai PRESENT Plural nowarayoyoiku malokeyoyoikai owabobiyoyoikai IMPERFECT 1 warayoyoikatiai 2 warayoyoikatiai 3 warayoyoikatiai noaborayoyoikatiai moarayoy oikat iai moarayoyoikatiai CONDITIONAL Singular Plural 1 yoyoitiraibire norawutsatiayoyoitiki 2 yoyoitibiraiki haskatarayoyoibe...